manipulative

1. 1.

   skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage

   “the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child”

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Questions about manipulative

What does manipulative mean?

manipulative means "skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage".

How many syllables are in manipulative?

manipulative has 5 syllables: ma-nip-u-la-tive. The stress falls on "nip". In IPA it is /məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪv/.

Is manipulative a common word?

manipulative is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with manipulative?

3 words rhyme with manipulative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.